Now it’s No. 3 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings behind one-loss Clemson!

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What a gift for Mark Richt!

This should help get his players’ attention after two big, emotional wins to be prepared for Virginia on Saturday. There remain “doubters” out there, he can say. There are “haters,” even, that have an undefeated Miami behind Clemson.

“There was tremendous debate between No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 Miami,” said College Football Playoff Selection Committee Chair Kirby Hocutt, who briefly served as Miami’s athletic director.

Hocutt said the deciding factor was Miami hadn’t beaten a winning team on the road. Never mind it hasn’t played a winning team on the road.

This is good news for Richt.

Of course, none of these polls matter much at this point. Miami will play Clemson in the ACC Championship game on Dec. 2 to take care of who is No. 2 and No. 3. Just as undefeated Wisconsin would jump into the final four if it beats Ohio State in the Big Ten title game.

The polls are fun conversation points right now. But the results will decide where things go from here. Richt surely knows that. He’s been around long enough. But from a motivational point of view, he couldn’t have asked the voters for any better gift.

2. How ugly of a loss was that Dolphins game to Carolina on Monday night? Read some of the brutal tweets from NFL insiders here. An example: Former NFL player Ross Tucker said, “NFL should have Ted Wells investigate how Dolphins won 4 games.”